Chapter 65: Scare
So John didn't want to fight here any longer, and although he hadn't been able to achieve all of his purpose here, what he had gained was enough for the danger he was about to face. More importantly, judging from the current situation, the group of Russians in front of them may not have achieved their goal. At least so far, they shouldn't have caught anyone, or that Eric probably didn't fall into their hands.
John looked at Donovan and said, "Big Bird, take your people." We're ready to get out of here. ”
"Leave? But my people and Eric ... Before Donovan could finish speaking, John raised his hand and interrupted, "I know what you're going to say." But you also heard the debriefing. We can't stay here for long. I'll keep looking for your people and Eric, and I'm sure they didn't fall into the hands of the Russians. ”
Donovan knew in his heart what John was worried about, and he knew that John's concerns were justified. But he couldn't leave so easily, he looked at John and said, "I want to give me a team to keep an eye on these Russians in the rear, and I need to know if my men have fallen into their hands." ”
John sighed and said, "Do you want to try again?" After speaking, without waiting for Donovan to answer, he hurriedly said: "I can arrange people for you, but you must not take them to carry out any attacks." It doesn't matter what you see. As he spoke, he looked in the direction of the ridge and said, "Actually, this mission is a failure. But it's not your fault. It was Eric who made the decision all along. It was he who missed the best opportunity to leave Tskhinvali. After saying that, he turned his head and pointed to the members of the Man-Eating Shark Squad who were injured not far away, and said, "Your task now is to be responsible for them." Quit the mission and leave with them is the best thing you should do right now. After saying that, he gave the others an order to evacuate quickly under alternate cover.
Donovan glanced at the other members of the Man-Eating Shark Squad on the side, Evans was still uncertain, Morris's injuries were not light, and the others were also scarred and embarrassed. In addition to that, he lost Jeff. They did their best and deserved to get out of here safely. Looking at the people under him, Donovan understood, even if John gave himself people, what about it? It is impossible for the person assigned to him to follow him to do something risky, and if he were to change himself, he would not be able to take the life of the entire team in order to save one person. He didn't say anything, just nodded and walked over to the rest of the Maneater Squad.
Ashraf looked at the Yankees who had stopped attacking and began to retreat, and couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief. In fact, he had no intention of fighting the Yankees here at all, not in the first place. He sent the team codenamed "Meerkat " that had just arrived and went around to the rear of the Yankees, just pretending to show the other side.
The reason for this is nothing more than the fact that the weasel squad on the hillside is about to be wiped out, and if the "meerkt" squad is simply thrown into a frontal attack, it will not only be difficult to save the weasel squad, but will continue to cause greater casualties. This is clearly not what Ashraf wants to see.
So he chose a tricky approach, and in his opinion, the commander who could be a mercenary must not be a fool. Not only is he not stupid, on the contrary, he should be a more shrewd and experienced person than ordinary soldiers, and more importantly, mercenaries will be more selfish and timid in their way of doing things. Because of this, in order to avoid taking risks, they will choose simple methods to eliminate violence. Therefore, Ashraf thinks that instead of really putting on a posture with the other party and fighting a fight, it is better to scare the other party by putting on a posture of annihilating the other party. He believed that the other party, after seeing his side's actions, would carefully analyze and deduce his intentions, and then he would take the initiative to retreat in order to avoid risks and unnecessary casualties.
And now everything in front of you is proving that you are doing it right. However, Ashraf, who watched the rapid retreat, did not say goodbye to the other party easily, he still wanted to play the show, he didn't want the other party to react quickly and realize that he had been fooled, after all, he needed time to integrate his own people and rescue and clean up the battlefield. Along the way, he caused a lot of casualties to his own men.
So he watched the Americans, who began to shrink their lines and retreat, and said to the person in charge of communication behind him: "Order the raccoon to hurry up and move towards the weasel attack." Order the mongoose not to just watch, to launch some attacks on the Yankees in moderation, and not to let them turn back easily. ”
"Yes!" The person in charge of liaison said yes, "I just received a report from the lynx team, they are already very close to us, and they will arrive in about twenty minutes. ”
"Got it." Ashraf didn't have much feeling about the news of his last squad arriving. "It would have been nice if they had arrived half an hour earlier." After sighing, he continued, "Let them come over as soon as possible." The mess here just needs to be cleaned up by manpower. ”
John, who was on the other side, naturally couldn't know, at least for a while, he wouldn't know that he had fallen for Ashraf. As Ashraf had reckoned, John was still very careful when retreating. To be on the safe side, he did not withdraw those who were blocking Ashraf's side first. He was worried that the Russians, who had been blocked as he shrank his formation and prepared to evacuate, would suddenly attack him by surprise. So not only did he not evacuate the people here first, but he also strengthened. The first to be withdrawn were part of the mercenaries of the Russians who were attacking the hillside. John quickly replenished them with ammunition after methodically removing them, and then made them the vanguard of the retreat to the southwest. Others continued to suppress the Russians operating on the slopes and ridges in order to prevent them from taking advantage of the situation and condescending to kill their own side.
But in fact, the weasel team on the hillside, including the raccoon team led by Chennikov, has long lost the mind to continue to fight with the Yankees in front of him, maybe Chennikov is still resentful and unwilling and trying to find some ground, but the situation of the weasel team in front of him and the task given to him by Ashraf made him have to forcibly swallow that resentment. Shoot as you try to keep moving towards the weasel. At the same time, on the southwest side, the mongoose squad, which had received instructions from Achraf, launched an attack on the vanguard of the Yankees, who had already arrived. After the mongoose team attacked, Ashraf commanded his remaining men to start firing fiercely at the Yankees' defensive line, assuming a posture of attacking from here at the same time.